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Chronology of Asian maritime history |
 | | 947-858 BCE: Cowry shells were still in use in the middle of the Western Zhou dynasty; they have been excavated at Rujiazhuang, Baoji (west of Xi'an - slightly coastwards from Gansu). |
| | Traditions also vary on the arrival date of Kerala's Jews, from Nebuchadnezzar's occupation of Jerusalem in 587 BCE to C4th CE. |
| | 414 CE: The Chinese monk Fa Xian returned home from India by sea, after visiting Sri Lanka. |
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